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UNITED STATES atented ctober G, 1903.

HENRY C. HINCHCLIFF, OF NEW YORK, N. YY.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,652, dated October 6, 1903.

Application tiled February 20, 1903. Serial No. 1441212. (No model.)

T all whom t muy concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HINCHCLIFF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in copy-holders adapted to hold manuscript and the like adjacent to a type-writing machine I for readily supporting the copy or manuscript for the use of the type-writer operator and in other relations.

The object of the invention is toprovide simple and efficient means for holding the copy or manuscript in position to be readily seen and to permit the lines of matter to lhe copied from to be readily marked off or indicated.

To these and other ends my invention contemplates the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure lis a perspective view of a copyholderembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view, enlarged, of part of the indicatoroperating means. Fig. 3 is a section thereof on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. t is a detail view, enlarged, of the gripper for operating the indicator mechanism; and Fig. 5 is a section thereof on the line 5 5 in Fig. a looking in the direction of the arrows.

- Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

,In the drawings the base of the copy-holder is indicated generally at 1 and is shown composedof rods 2 3, attached to a block 4,`froxn' pulleys, and by preference the ends of thel iiexible connection 8 are attached together in the manner of an endless chain or belt. The

gripping the flexible connect-ion 8.

ing back or plate 10, against which the copy or manuscript 1l may rest. The back or plate 1U may be detachably connected with the arm 9 by bending the edge of the plate over in channel or hook form, as at 10a, to hang-upon said arm.

At 12 is indicated a suitable holder or clip 11 upon the back 10. Y

The indicator is represented at 13 and may consist of a suitable arm extending transversely across the back 10 and the copy or manuscript 11, so as to be raised and lowered in front thereof to indicate the consecutive vlines of'matter to'be copied, and said indi-4 cator is guided 'vertically by the standard 6. For such purpose I have shown the indicator 13v attached to a head or block 14, provided block, as by means of a thumb-screw or the like 15, securing the indicator or extension 13 thereof to the block 14 or an extension 14? thereof. The indicator 13 and its head or block 14 are adapted to be depressed to indi cate the lines of the copy by means of the flexible connection 8, and to this end the head or block 14 is shown provided with means for For this purpose the head or block 14 has a guide (shown at 16) that has a passage-way or channel 16a, receiving oneside of the iiexible connection 8, (see Fig. 3,) and means are provided to connect the part 16 with the flexible connection S, so as to sustain the indicator 13 and head or block 1i thereon and cause them to descend with the iiexible connection and whereby the indicator can be lreadily and said pawl or dog is shown provided with a handle 17", the arrangement being such that in the normal position the pawl or dog 17 will operatively connect the part 16 with the exible connection 8, and when the indicat or is to be lifted the operator can grasp the handle 17b and raise the same, whereupon the pawl or dog will become disengaged from the connection 8, and the head or block 14 and the indicator 13 can be readily lifted. When the handle 17b is released, the pawl or dog will grip the flexible connection 8 and hold the indicator in proper position.

I have provided means for intermittently operating Ithe fiexible connection 8 to cause the indicator 13 to move step by step downwardly across the copy or manuscript 11 to indicate the lines to be copied. To this end I have shown a lever 18, pivotally carried by the rod 3, as by a clip or bearing 19, a spring 2O serving to hold the front end of lever 18 normally raised, an adjustable stop, such as a screw 21, carried by rod 3, serving to regulate the movement of lever 18. The rear end of' said lever carries means for actuating the flexible connection 8, and in the arrangement shown I have provided a guide 22, secured to lever 18 and shown provided with offsets or lugs 22a 22", having apertures to permit the free passage of the iiexible connection 8, and at 23 is indicated a pawl, spring-finger, or the like adapted to engage said flexible connection in such position that when the rear end of lever 18 is raised the pawl or dog 23 will operate the connection 8 a corresponding distance, and when the lever returns to its normal position the pawl 0r dog 23 will slip freely down along the connection 8. Thus as the lever 18 is rocked by the operator the flexible connection 8 will be given an appropriate step-by-step movement, whereby the indicator 13 will be correspondingly depressed. The lever 18 may be guided by a guide 24, carried by rod 3, or in other suitable manner, if desired.

In using the copy-holder above described the operator places the copy or manuscript 11 in position, as shown, and adjusts the indi- 'cator 13 to the line to be copied, and then as each line of the writing or the like is passed the operator depresses the forward end of lever 18, whereupon the iexible connection 8 will be moved around its pulleys 7 7a corresponding distances,the side of said connection to which the indicator 13 is connected by the pawl or dog 17 descending, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1, a corresponding amount, and so on consecutively each time a line is passed. The indicator 13 may be readily raised and lowered by operating pawl 17, or 'by merely pushing down 0n head or block 14 the indicator can be lowered, because in such case the flexible connection 8 will travel on the pulleys and will slip upwardly past the pawl or dog 23.

The details of construction shown and described may be varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a copy-holder the combination of a standard, means for supporting the same, a flexible connection, and means for guiding the same, with means for operating said ilexible connection, an indicator,- means for guiding the same, and means for adjustably connecting said indicator with said flexible connection for permitting the indicator to be moved by or, independently of said flexible connection, substantially as described.

2.v In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a pair of pulleys, a flexible connection guided thereby, means for intermittently operating said iiexible connection, an indicator, means for guiding the same, and means for connecting the indicator with said flexible connection to move the indicator downwardly thereby and to permit the indicator to be adjusted freely 1 upwardly independently of the flexible connection, substantially as described.

3. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a iiexible connection, means for guiding the same, means for intermittently operating said connection, an indicator, and means for adjustably connecting the indicator with the downwardly-movable side of said iiexible connection to cause the indicator to descend therewith, substantially as described.

4. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a {iexible connection, means to guide the same, means to intermittently operate said flexible connection, an indicator, and a pawl connected therewith arranged to engage the iiexible connection to cause the indicator to descend with the latter, substantially as described.

5. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a flexible connection, means to guide the same, means to operate said exible connection, an indicator, means to guide the same, and a pawl connected with said vindicator to engage said iiexible connection, said pawl being provided with a handle arranged to cause the pawl to release the exible connection when operated and to serve in permitting the indicator to be lifted, substantially as described.

6. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a iiexible connection, means to guide the same, an indicator, means to operate the indicator by said connection, a lever and means connected with said lever to engage one side of said connection when moving in one direction and to pass freely thereby when moving in the reverse direction, substantially as described.

7. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a iexible connection, means to guide the same, an indicator, means to connect the indicator IIO with the downwardly-movable side of said flexible connection to cause the indicator to descend therewith, a lever, and means connected therewith to engage the upwardlymovable side of said flexible connection to operate the latter during the upstroke of said means and ,to permit said means to descend independently of said flexible connection,.

ble connection, means to guide the same, an

indicator, means to connect said indicator with said flexible connection,a lever, a guide carried by said lever adjacent to one side of said flexible connection, and a pawl also carried by said lever to operatesaid exible connection, substantially as described.

10. In a copy-holder, the combination of a standard, means to support the same, a dexible connection, means to guide the same, a head or block guided by said standard, an indicator connected with said head or block, means for connecting said indicator with said flexible connection, and means for intermittently operating said flexible connection to cause the indicator to descend, substantially as described.

HENRY C. HINOHCLIFF. Witnesses:

' H. B. BRADBURY,

T. F. BOURNE. 

